Supermarkets earn more from food with a sustainability label, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported Monday. In 2021, 22 percent of supermarket sales came from sustainable food, compared to 19 percent in the previous year. In 2013, this was still 8 percent of the products sold with a sustainability label.
In particular, consumers opted for sustainable pork, fish, tea or eggs. In these categories, more than 80 percent of the money spent went to the products with a label. Much less was spent on such a quality mark for beef and chicken. Of those purchased products, 18 percent and 23 percent, respectively, were sustainable.
The least money was spent on sustainable products in the categories of beer and wine, non-alcoholic drinks and cheese. This is also because few products here have a sustainability label, according to Statistics Netherlands.
In total, consumers spent almost 8 billion euros on sustainable food in supermarkets last year, 14 percent more than in the previous year. The turnover obtained with other food did decrease by 4 percent. In 2020, consumers spent more money in the supermarket due to the corona crisis. In 2021, more was still spent on food in supermarkets than was the case before the pandemic, but slightly less than in the first year of the crisis.
The figures come from the Sustainable Food Monitor 2021 of Wageningen University & Research and Statistics Netherlands. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
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